Wheeled gun-carriage.



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APPLICATION FILED "All. l'2, I912. 1,137,763 Patented May 4, 1915.

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WHEELED GUN CARRJAGE. APPLICATION HLEDHARHZ, 1912 Patented May 4:; 1915.

N. KOCH & e. HAYN. WHEELED GUN CARRIAGE APPLICATDN FILED MAR-12,1912. R 1,137,763. Patented May 4, 1910.

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NERBEFITQKQCH, 0J3 ESSEN-RELLINGHAUSEN, AND GEORG.HAYN, 0F ESSEN-ON EHE- BUHR, GERMANY, .ASSZG-NORS T0 FRIED DN-THE-RUHR,, eEaMaNY.

, KBUIPP AFTIENGESELLSCHAFT, 0F ESSEN- WHEELLED GUN-CARRIAGE Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented. May 4, 1915.

f 'r i'icanon filed. March 12, 1912. "seimm. 683,370.

To all Whom it may concern:

Be known that we, Nosnnnr KOCH, rcsiding atEssen-Rellinghausen, Germany, and Gnono HAYN, residing at Essenonthe Ruhr, Germany, both subjects of the Eniperor oif Germany, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wheeled Gunilarriages, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relatesto wheeled gun carriages so constructed, that they also may be used as pedestal mount-s.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated. an embodiment of the present invention Wherein- Figure 1 shows a side- VlBW oi a gun carriage in firing position, when in use as field carriage; Fig. 2, a top plan view of Fig.1; Fig. 3, a side View of the limberedup gun carriage; Fig. i, a side View of gun carriage and limber with the gun carriage in a diiierent position; Fig. 5, a side view, partly in seccion and in larger scale of thc'gun carriage 1n firing position when in use as pedestal mount; Fig. 6, a front view of Fig. 5,-

partly in section; Fig. 7, a top plan view, partly in section of Fig. 5; Fig. 8, a section in line 88 of Fig. 7 seen from the left; Fig. 9, a side view similar to Fig. 1 with an arrangement for enlarging the supporting n'face of the trail spade and Fig. 10, a top view of Fig. 9. v

The carriage as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 8 will be described. The slide carrier A, which supports the gun B, is mounted to rock on the horizontal trunnions a in bearings in the top carriage. The'top carriage has two vertical checks 0 with reinforce Inents between them and with which a turntable I) is rigidly connected, see'Fig. 8.

- This turn-table D, which is mounted on the under carriage E, constitutes the pivot of the mount. The under carriage is made in the shape of a square plate, see particuiarly Figs. 2, 7 and-8 and is provided with a circular recess 6- suitable to receive the turntable D. The bearing for the turn-table D is built a ball thrust-bearing, the balls F of which run in grooves formed in the '"n-table D and in the ball race e which set into the recess a" of the under carriage, see Figs. 6 to 8. The ball race 6 is rigidly connected with the under carriage and is rating gear having a toothed arc G and a hand wheel .G seeparticularly Figs. 5 and 6. To turn the top carriage relative to the under carriage, a training'gear has been provided. This training gear comprises a hand wheel H in driving connection with a Vertical shaft h which latter is carried in hearings on the top carriage and has at its lowei'end u toothed Wheel k Figs. 5 and 8. This toothed wheel is in mesh with the above mentioned internal year c of the ball race e m The under carriage E is provided with bearings e Figs. 5 and 7, wherein the Z- shaped axle 2' of the carriage wheels J may be secured. On the rear end of the under carriage is situated a projection c, Fig. 7, with which is rigidly connected the trail end K, provided with a spade is and a trail eye fe see Fig. 7; At its forward endthe under carriage carries a projection 0 wherein a cross- Cece P, see Figs. 6 and 7, is

mounted to rotate but not to slide. A leg M with a spade m is secured, by means of a vertical bolt 72 to each of eyes 7 provided on the ends of the cross-piece P, protruding beyond the projection a see particularly Fig. 6. In consequence of this arrangement,

the legs M may be swung both around a horizontal and a vertical axis. \Vhcn the legs M are swung sidowise they may rest in 1- s iaped jaws a provided on the under car- 'riage E. In this position the legs may be firmly held by linked bars mi, hinged to the legs, and heldurigid by a sleeve coupling or.

On either side of the projection c, the under carriage E has a jaw 6" similar to the jaws e". In each of these jaws e a leg N, of r'-shapc, is hinged by means of a vertical bolt n to turn in such a manner, that it can take the positions indicated particularly in 2 and 7. In the position shown in Fig. 7,-the legs are held rigid by the jaws c, on the one hand and by two pairs or linked bars n, on the other hand. One of the bars of each of the pairs of bars ishinged to one of the legs, and the other to the trail K. The bars are held in their straightened out position by means ofs'leeve couplings-n The free ends of the legs N have each a semi-circular recess n,"Fig. 7, wherein the anles 6 of the wheels J, when resting on the ground, may be secured by a hoop 11,. During transportation, the different parts of the carriage have the position seen in Fig. 3. The trail eye 7a of the trail K rests in the limber hook 4' of a limber R. The legs M are closed around the muzzle of the gun barrel. and secured thereto by means .of bolts m, Fig. 2, which are screwed into the eye a of a hoop a on the gun barrel.

The legs M then sustain the gun barrel-and the slidecarrier A, that means, they reliere the elevating gear G G from the jolting during travel. The legs N rest with their free ends on the trail K, Fig. '2, and are secured thereto in a suitable manner, as for instance by means of 'achain. Has the carriage to befir'ed as field carriage, it is first unlimbered and the connection'betweenthe r gun barrel and the legs M loosened. The

le s are thereu on s )read ou'tand secured in b u I the aws e by means of the bars m and the sleeve coupling m which 1s pushed over the joint of the bars; The parts will then take the-position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. If the mount has to be set on the ground with the under carriage as fol'mdat-ion, one proceeds as follows. Before unliinbering.

' the legs M and N have first to be spread apart and secured in the jaws c (3 by means of the bars m n? and sleeve couplings m of. 'Fig. 7. The limber iis thereupon propped up on the ground by mea-ns ofthe props 1' Figs. 3 and -'l, and the rope in of a rope Winch W, which is fastened on the limber, is

. attached to thetrail K by means ofa hook w and an, eye If. The carriage is then tilted by means of the rope winch into the position indicated in Fig. 4, whereby the spades m of the legs. M enter theground,

and the carriagewheels J are raised from the ground. The carriage wheels With their axles'i are'furthermore removed from the under carriage E and the carriage by means of the winch W. is lowered to the ground, Figs. 5, 6 and 7; The spade, I0 of the trail K thereb'y also enters the ground,

. Upon the removal of the hoops W from the legs N the axles 1 attached, are lastlypushed under the free ends of the-legs N, and the axles 2' secured to the legs N by putting back the hoop n in its place. The

gun then possesses a sufiicientl large supporting surface toenable it to re in all directions, How to'proceed in again putting the carriage'on itsfwheels by the use of the Winch W as well as how to limber up, needs now no further explanation. The carriage illustrated in Figs. 9 and 1G is provided withv members on the trail K and the spade by means of which the legs N may be attached to the trail in such a manner that they form extensions thereto, thus increasing the stability of the mount when fired as field carriage. The members that serve to connect the legs N with the trail and the spade, comprise jaws 70* situated on the spadeand eyes is on the ends of a cross-piece 76 rotatable around a horizontal axis. It isthen found to be advantageous to PlOT/Ilflfi bolts n beside the bolts n for securing the legs corresponding to-the position inFig. 7 or as shown in. dot anddash lines in Fig. 10, in place of the bars 11? legs from-this position-to the one wherein they constitute extensions to thetrail, the

bolts 01} are first withdrawn, and the trail next raised slightly. The legs are thereupon swung back around the axes of the bolts n (situated in the eyes it) until they have entered under the jaws 7;.

on-thc ground. the'cross-piece 1: will turn back again, and'the legs will .takeup the position relative to the jaws k shown particularly in Fig. 9.

Wle claim 1. In a wheeled gun mount comprising an under carriage, a top carriage supporting the gun barrel and adapted to be trained for firing about 360 relatively to the undercarriage, detachable wheels for sa1d under carriage, atrail-and legs on the gun mount,

some of said legs being adapted to extend inforward direction and others to extend in the. angles between the trail and said forward legs, so as to form together with the trail an all around foundation of the mount resting on the ground on the removal of said Wheels.

2.v In a wheeled guggnount comprising an under carriage, a LOP' carriage supporting the r der carriage, detachable wheels -for said an barrel an'd'ad'apted to be trained undercarriage, a trail, a trail eye .on

said trail for limbering upthe gun moun't I The crosspiece will thereby be turned slightly. Ifnow the trail with the legs is dropped down ring ab0ut360" relatively to the un-' and legs on the undercarriage, some of said--- legs being adapted to extend forward and sidewise andsome of said legs being adapt-.

es between the trail ed to extendin the an and said forward and-sidewise extendin legs, so as to form together with thetral .an all around foundation ofthe mount resting on the ground on the removal of the wheels. y

3. In a wheeled gun mount comprising an under carriage and a to mg the gun barrel and a apted to be trained for firing about 360 relatively to the under carriage anda detachable wheel axle and a pair of wheels thereon, the combination of a trail on said under carriage With four legs hinged to said under carriage, a pair of said legs being adapted to extend forward and sidewise and another pair of said legs being adapted to extend in the angles between the trail and said forward and sidewise extending legs, so as to form together with the trail an all around foundation of the mount on the remo al of the axle and its wheels.

4. In a wheeled gun mount comprising an under carriage and a top carriage supporting the gun barrel, the combination of a trail on said under carriage with legs hinged to said under carriage and means for rigidly securing the legs in the operating position, said means comprising fixed jaws for the under carriage and jointed barsconuecting the legs and a sleeve coupling for keeping said bars rigid. v

5. In a wheeled gun mount comprising an under carriage and a top carriage supporting the gun barrel, the combination of a trail on said under carriage with legs hinged to said under carriage and means for rigidly securing the legs in the operating position, said means comprising fixed jaws for the under carriage and jointed bars connecting the legs and a sleeve coupling for keeping said bars rigid, said legs being provided with spades at their free ends.

6. In a wheeled gun mount comprising an under carriage and a top carriage supporting the gun barrel, the combination of a trail on said under carriage, with rearward legs, a pair of forward legs hinged to said under carriage and constructed to fold over the muzzle of the gun-barrel and means 8n carriage support-- 1 the gun muzzle for supporting the same during travel.

7. In a wheeled gun mount comprising an under carriage and a top carriage supporting the gun barrel, the combination of a trail on said under carriage, with a pair of rearwardly extending-legs hinged to said under carriage as well as to the trail, said legs constructed to be swung rearwardly and locked by means of jaws on the trail to form extension pieces to said trail during the firing of the gun.

8. In a wheeled gun mount comprising an under carriage and a top carriage supporting the gun barrel, the combination of a trail on said under carriage a pair of wheels and a detachable axle arm for each wheel, with a pair of extension legs hinged to said under carriage and means at the free end of each of said legs for receiving one axle arm with one of said carriage wheels when said wheels are placed flat on the ground to give support to the mount.

9. A four wheeled gun carriage comprising a wheeled gun mount and a limber, said gun mount having forward extending legs and a rearward extending trail; a detachable wheel axle, a winch and tackle on the limber,'said winch and tackle constructed to raise the trail oil the ground while the mount is supported on the ground by the forward extending legs; whereby the detachable axle and wheels may be removed. The foregoing specification signed at Barlnen, Germany, this 20th day of February, 1912.

NORBERT KOCH; as GEORG HAYN. [11.5.]

In presence of HELEN NUFER, A. NUFEn. 

